Historical Events for 30th April 2023

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1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503
1598 - 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)
1888 - 1888 Moradabad hailstorm: hail stones allegedly as big as oranges kill 246 people and some 1600 sheep and cattle in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
1920 - The British Government ends military conscription
1934 - Austria gets "Austrian fascist" constitution
1982 - Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador
1986 - Ashrita Furman performs 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
1987 - Lou Lamoriello is named NJ Devils President
2008 - David Blaine sets a new Guinness World Record for holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes 4-1/2 seconds on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
2012 - Overloaded ferry in the Brahmaputra River, India, killing 103 people

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